名垂千古
míng​chuí​qiān​gǔ

to go down in history

  • created reference approved 名垂千古 → 名垂青史 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    名垂千古 míng​chuí​qiān​gǔ

    名垂青史 míng​chuí​qīng​shǐ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 名垂千古 · míng​chuí​qiān​gǔ · to go down in history — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    名垂千古

    míng​chuí​qiān​gǔ

    to go down in history

    one's good name will be remembered for generations; to leave a reputation that lasts for a thousand years

    名 (literal) → 名 · míng · reputation 垂 (literal) → 垂 · chuí · to hand down 千古 (literal) → 千古 · qiān​gǔ · eternal

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense